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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. STONE, 0! m YORK, N. Y., AND ROBERT E. DODD, OI PLLIIBTOW,

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955,615. a fl- Patent- Patented Apr. 19, 1am.

Application ma July 21, 1900. aerial Io. 500,!10.

To all whom it may concern: ducer. We have not thought it w Be it known that we, Gnouon C. Sronn and Roam H. citizens of the United States, residin t New York city, in the county and I atww York, and at lalmerton, county of bon, and State of Pennsylvania, respectively have. invented mrtain new and useful Im rovements in Gas-Producers; and we do iiereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it up 'rtains' to make and use the same.

ii an application for Letters Patent filed by us of even date herewith, we have illustrated and described devices for feeding fuel to a gas producer, wherein the cover of the producer is provided with a multiplicity of fuel inlet rts whose inlet ends are brought into proximity to each other and in an annular row, so that they may the more conveniently be so plied with'the fuel to be employed for c urging the producer. In sai copending application, moreover, we have shown a particular construction of cover plate appropriate to this eneral arrangement and espmrially adapte for keeping down the temperature of the cover plate and cticotually sealing its stokiu" )OliS and the joints which connect the fuer feed ports with the fuel feed pipes.

- In the present invention, we have retained 'these features of construction shown in our said copendiug application, but have adopt/ (Bil a modified means for supplying the fuel to the inlet ends of the pipes In the acmmpanying druwin Figure 1 represents the upper portion 0 a 8 producer of any suitable type, provid l with the feeding wives of our present invention, the parts being shown mainly in section;

Fig. 2 represents a sectional top plan view taken u )l\ a plane indicated by the line 2-2 of ig. l; Fi 8 represents the upper portion of the foul devices, the parts bein shown in elevation, with the exception 0 the protecting hood which is shown in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate similsr parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the. gas roducer, which may be, for instance, o the usual Taylor type. B indicates the charge of fuel therein, and C the outlet for the gases generated in the proor essential to illustrate the construction 0 the lower part of the producer, as it ma be of any suitable or desired ty n y used in large operations and w it is desirable to maintain substantially uniform conditions.'-

The cover of the producer is preferably a cast iron plate D, having cast integrally therewith a multiplicity of upwardly projecting nipples or inlet ports a, distributed with substantial uniformity face of the plate, as, for i in a plurality of concentric rows a central nipple. Conveniently in with the outer row ofthmefuel' or nipples is a now of etching rt: 6 having removnbe covers a, so that aurfaee of the charge is neadil is through the 8,05, for 5x0 on of the usual staking The cover in further provided with an outlyi raised that: d having overflows e which diedurge in an outer trough f having talne'ole 9 into which trou a di flange i of the cover plate proj In is manner, the

may be readily sealed water, as inicated, and the water will wiae serve to keep down the temperature of the fuel inlet ports so as to prevent an ponible'obetxuo- .tion thereof by coking o the fuel. The inlet ports or nipples a further serve as a spigot eonnec 'on to the socket ends of a seriee of fuel pi k, the socket-and figot joints being ikewiee water-sealed.

eee fuel feed pips I: extend upwardly in such manner that their inlet ends are in proximity toeach other and in a row. The arrangement of the inlet ends is annular and preferably circular, so that they may the more readily be supplied with fuel from abo e In our co nding application hereinbefonc refe to, the fuel to the su ly of inlet ends of the fuel furl ipes k was, under conditions of equal istribution, out stantially simultaneous. In the present instanoe, however, we have arra to supply the fuel scriatim from one inlet end to another of the series, through the intermediacy of a revolving spout which discharges thereinto; and in order to lessen the sweep or extent of space traversed by the lower end of the spout, we have interposed between its discharge and and the an over the aur-- nular row of inlet ends of the pipes it: an incline E provided with a series of guides m which direct the flow of fuel into said inlet ends respectively as the spout revolves, scattering being prevented by the hood F. The revolving spout J is mounted upon a rotatory shaft n whose drivin ar 2! intermeshes with a gear v on the of the feed screw H which forwards the fuel from the hop or G into the chute Z, the feed screw sha t being driven from any suitable source of power. The shaft 71 passes through an elongated bearing a: and is supported thereon by a collar 3/ which rests upon ball bearin as shown in Fig. 1.

The parts being constructed and arranged as described, the mode of operation of the invention is as'follows:The fue-kto be fed to the reducer is forwarded from the hopper G y means of the feed screw lit and passing downwardly through the chute l enters he revolving spout J, whose s of revolution relatively to the speed of t to feed screw H depends upon the relative diameter of the gems -v t. As the spout J rotates it supplies the uel to the inlet ends of the pipes it, one after another, and is"assisted in so doin by the guides m and the incline E. From t e inlet ends of the ipes k the fuel is distributed corresponding y over the sur face ofthe char 0 in the producer.

Having thus csc'ribed our invention,what we claim is 1. A gas producer provided with a cover having a multiplicity of fuel feed ports dietributcd over its surface, a corresponding series of fuel feed pi communicatin with said ports and having their inlet an 3 arranged in an annular row and a rotating spout for supplying the inlet ends in sucoesaion; substantial y as described.

2. A gas producer provided with a cover having a multiplicity of fuel feed ports distributed over its surface, a corresponding series of fuel 'fced, pipes communicating with said ports andJuning their inlet end-.-

arranged in an aunuh r row, a rotating spout for supplying the inlet ends in succession and an incline u )0" which the spout discharges before the uel reaches said inlet ends; substantially as described.

It. A gas produwr provided with a cover having a multiplicity of fuel feed ports di -ttribnted over its surface, a corresponding series of fuel feed pipes communicating with said ports and haviugtheir inlet ends amen arranged in an annular row, a rotating spout for supplying the inlet ends in succession, and an incline upon which the spout discharges before the fuel reaches said inlet ends the incline being provided with guides for d substantially as described.

4. A gas producer provided with a cover having a multiplicity of fuel feed ports distributed over its surface, a corresponding series of fuel feed pipes communicating with said ports and having their inlet ends arranged in an annular row, a rotating spout for supplying the inlet ends in succession, an in c ine upon which the spout discharges before the fuel reaches said inlet ends, and an outlyin hood inclosing the incline and within which the spout rotates; substan tially as described.

5. A gas producer provided with a cover having a multiplicity of fuel feed ports distributed over its surface. a corresponding series of fuel feed pipes communicating with said ports and having their inlet ends arranged in an annular row, a rotating spout for so plying the inlet ends in succession, an inc ine u on which the s out discharges before the uel reaches sai inlet ends, an outlying hood inclosing the incline and within which the spout rotates. and a fuel supply pipe dischargin into the rotating spout' substantially as described.

6. 1. gas producer provided with a cover having a multiplicity of fuel fe'cd ports distributed over its surface, a corresponding eeries of fuel feed pi communicating with said ports and having their inlet ends arranged in an annular row arotatingspout for so plying the inlet ends in succession, an incii before the uel rea hes sai inlet ends, an outlying hood inelosin'g the incline and within which the. spout rota es, an inclined fuel supply pipe discharging into the rotatings at, and a ho )pcr and feed-screw pipe supp yiug said inclined pipe, the feed screw and the shaft of the rotating spout beino geared together; substantially as deseri In testimony whereof we atlix our 7natunes, in presence of two witnesses.

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Witnesses:

Jonx C. PENN"), LAUM'B. Pressman.

irecting the tllow of fuel into the pipes;

no u )0" which the 5 out discharges 

